落霞

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	red clouds
trad. (落霞)		落	霞
simp. #(落霞)		落	霞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòxiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ haa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòxiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòsiá
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-hsia²
    • Yale: lwò-syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohshya
    • Palladius: лося (losja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ haa⁴
    • Yale: lohk hàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ haa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ ha⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² haː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lak hae

Rime
Character	落	霞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	盧各切	胡加切
Baxter	lak	hae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/ɦˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/ɦᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/ɣa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/ɦaɨ/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/ɣa/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/ɣa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/ɣa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	xiá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6	haa4

Noun

落霞

1. evening glow; glow of sunset

   • 落霞與孤鶩齊飛，秋水共長天一色。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     落霞与孤鹜齐飞，秋水共长天一色。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 675, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》 (Tengwang Ge Xu), translated based on the Wikisource translation.

     Luòxiá yǔ gūwù qí fēi, qiūshuǐ gòng chángtiān yīsè. [Pinyin]

     The sunset is flying together with lonely wild goose, and the autumn water and the sky at the horizon are of one hue.